It’s been over two months since Greg Falski‘s popular and free publication, Stoked on Fixed Bikes. Glad to see he’s back with Issue 10. Check it out above and don’t forget to go full screen.
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All-City: Photo Annual and 2013 Catalog
Jeff from All-City sent this my way. The new All-City Photo Annual is out (V3 already?!) and the new All-City product catalog. Each year it gets better and better. See more here. I’ve even got some shots in there this year.
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Tokyo Fixed Look Book 2012
Tokyo Fixed has just posted their look book for 2012, filled with some great photos of their frames in action. Check it out above.
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Yanco’s Waterford Track
Yanco is one tough dude. He recently completed a 100 mile race. Which he ran and every time I’ve rode with him, he’s in the big ring the whole time. He’s also the fella behind all the Yancosaurus Rex products, like those slick Ramblin Rolls that no one can get their hands on… I shot a few photos of him and his Waterford track bike outside GSC while I was in LA. Check em out!
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Fast Co SF: See you Soon
Hell yes. More of this. Props to the ladies of Fast Co SF and Volcano Club for putting this together.
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A Black Spot: Late Sunday Coffeedence
Damn straight. Climb ’em to bomb ’em.
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Track or Die: Summer 2012
Let’s see. Track bikes, traffic and NYC. I’m sold!
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Tracko Goes Metal with Moth Attack
Now something you might not know about Kyle is that below those Birkenstocks lies a doom-metal head, as evident here by his latest video for GSC and Moth Attack:
“I needed a travel bike but didn’t have the money for a custom frame. So Megan at Moth Attack just put S&S Couplers on my FBM Sword.”
Fucking Electric Wizard!
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Crank Arm Steady: Chas and Crihs in Singapore
Minor Threat and some easy spinning through Singapore. Not a bad way to start the day. The funniest thing about this video is you can totally tell Chas is picking on Crihs for that ridiculous wheel at one point. #Yahoos
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The North Race
New blogs pop up every day but rarely do you see one start off with original content like this. The North Race is a new site coming from the UK and the landscapes captured in this video are amazing!
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2012 Fixed Fest!
In the time I have been running this blog, I have never been to an event like Fixed Fest in Jakarta. It’s not just the scale of the event, it’s the overall execution. Each event started on time and went smoothly, as planned. But that’s how it has to be with 100’s of people waiting for their chance to compete. The day began bright and early, 7am to be exact, with an alleycat. The out of towners would normally be screwed racing in a city like Jakarta but as with all foreign alleycats, they stuck to the locals and snaked their way through the crowded streets.
Then, there was the mini-races, the bunny hop contest, track stand, freestyle, polo and countless other side events. As the day went on, more and more people showed up and it didn’t dwindle until after the awards ceremony. Out of all the foreigners, it was Tyler Johnson who surprised everyone with a meter-high bunnyhop, a solid run in the freestyle and the best time in the mini-race, beating the competition by over 10 seconds. MASH SF repped hard as well, bringing in 5 medals and Sean Martin even won the alleycat (was that his first?).
Bottom line is, Fixed Fest was a blast. I have never signed so many autographs on bags, hats, shirts, jerseys, rims, bikes and anything else the attendees could get their hands on. I met some incredible people, who did nothing but smile and welcomed me to their city. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun and today we leave for a 4-day trip to Bali for some much-needed relaxation.
I would like to thank Rocket Company, Woof, and everyone who made this possible. Fixed Fest was the best event I’ve ever been to!
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San Antonio Midnight Crits
Photos by David Rangel
Down in San Antonio, there’s an event called Midnight Crits. It’s a flash-mob style race series, where the details are posted to Facebook the night of. These races take place on random nights, on a .6 mile course, as people battle it out for 16 laps. David’s got a Flickr set up from the second race, so head over and check them out.
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KLIFGT 2012 Trailer
Yellow Bike Company just posted up the trailer for the 2012 Kuala Lumpur International Fixed Gear Tournament. Digging this!
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The 1896 Classic Marathon Race Revival
The video quality here might not be the best but I really love the concept behind this race. The 1896 Classic Marathon Race Revival revives the classic race that took place on the first Modern Olympic Games March 31st, 1896. It was for track bikes and fixed gears only and was thrown by 48:17 and Trimble Racing.
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Fairdale: Tom Perry and His Parser
Riding a bike in SoCal can be a blast and this new Fairdale video featuring Tom Perry captures a little bit of that. I love the Salk Institute fountain “gap”.
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Josh Hayes for the Hub
Josh has been living the dream, riding and soaking in the Austrian culture. He’s recently been working with a local shop called the Hub and here’s a video he put together for them.
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Fixed Days 2012
Soundtrack just posted this video for the 2012 Fixed Days event.
“In line with the world’s biggest bicycle trade show EUROBIKE we are happy to invite you aswell to one of europeans biggest event dedicated to the fixed wheel.
From the 29th of August until the 2nd of September the FIXED DAYS 2012 will offer various actions you could perfectly combine with your bike-interest by visiting the huge bicycle exhibition – or just sweeten your holiday at the biggest lake of europe submontane of the alps which is really more than worth to visit and ride.
If you have any question, or if you want to register your self to the contest go on the website !!!
fixed-days.com/
soundtrack-paris.com
traffic-distribution.com/”
Fixed Days 2012 Teaser from SoundTrack on Vimeo.
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FIXED ▲ PICNIC
Say what you will about some guys riding a velodrome in shorts and sneakers but I’m stoked to see people riding track bikes and fixed gears in a small city in Lithuania called Panevėžys.
